Silver to $44

In the past 24 hours, we can now count four, separate attempts at the 1770 level by the December11 gold contract. We can also count four, immediate Cartel actions to hammer price back down. However, the lows are getting higher and the pressure is mounting. Will the Forces of Evil be able to contain gold through the night and into tomorrow or will they again be forced to retreat to higher ground? I suspect we will know very soon.

Take a look at these three December gold charts. I've tried to draw the same trendline on each. Note the savagery of the beatdowns as gold eclipses 1770. Santa warned us weeks ago that The Cartel also knows that 1764 is a very significant level and will thus defend it vigorously. They have and they are. Will they be successful? You'll know by following the trendline I've drawn and watching the triangle close. If I had to guess, our Asian friends also see this chart pattern and they will make a run at putting the EE into a submission hold later tonight. We'll see. It will be great theater.

Now, what I really wanted to talk about this evening is silver. I've scoured the internet for the most reliable and accurate analysis of today's events. I of course found it at Trader Dan's site. Please take a moment to read it and then come back. Go ahead, I'll wait.

Ahh, glad you're back. OK, where was I? Oh yea...silver. I've lifted the most important chart that Dan posted and re-printed it below. (Thanks, Dan!)

Notice that the CCI has averaged one big drop per month for the past five months. Each drop has lasted from 4-7 trading days and has been followed by a rather significant rally. The current drop just finished its fifth day and, with all of the hubbub from The Fed today, is almost assuredly going to bottom tomorrow if it didn't already bottom today. Anyway, my point is...we're about to see another 2-4 week rally in all of the commodities. Yes, copper, crude and the grains are going to rally. More importantly, I think we can feel very confident that silver is not going much lower, if at all. In fact, I bet we saw the lows today, in the beatdown on the Globex. So, from here, what can we expect? Given that silver rallied almost 25% in July, during the last CCI rally, I think a reasonable target for silver is $44 before Labor Day.

Adding to the ammunition are the utterly amazing OI numbers in silver. The latest numbers are basis Monday and show a total open interest of just over 114,000 contracts. We almost certainly lost a few more today. For perspective, the last time OI was this low was late June...right about the time the CCI bottomed!

So, there you go. I may look like a complete fool by this time tomorrow. Rigged and manipulated markets can do that to you. But, I'm sticking with it. $44 silver by Labor Day.

Have a great evening!! TF

10:05 am EDT UPDATE:

I do not have a new post this morning for two reasons:

1) I want to leave this current post as the "main story" for most of the day.

As I type, our side is winning but just barely. Watch the 1780 level very, very closely. Above there, The Cartel will be forced to give up and retreat to safer ground. It looks almost certain that this is going to happen. As I watch the order flow, the bids are very strong and unrelenting. The chart looks like it's about to squeeze them, too.

I've got a last of 1777. Stay close and keep your fingers crossed! TF

11:50 EDT UPDATE:

The global stampede of investors rushing into the safety of a 6000-year old currency has completely overrun The Cartel's defensive positions between 1770 and 1780. I have a last of 1789 in the Dec11. If headlines don't change in the next six hours, expect explosive gains in the overnight Asian trade, too. Personally, I'm darn glad I took off my spreads yesterday and went "open-ended". Looks like lots of gains to come!

Speaking of which, isn't it great to see silver participating...FINALLY! The chart below was printed before the recent surge through $39. Keep the faith. Silver looks great!

More as conditions dictate. TF

1:05 EDT UPDATE:

30 minutes to go on this historic day. Gold is $20 off its highs but I'm not at all concerned. In fact, the chart below might be one of my all-time favorites. All of the smarty-pant shorts who had faith that their evil Cartel buddies could hold the line at 1780 just got smoked! HAHAHA! Rather predictably, the "market" has given back the $20 it added on the back of the short's pain and that's OK. Nothing has fundamentally changed and its looking more and more likely that we'll head into the overnight session with " a lotta mo", just like Mr T!

I was just watching the news and those hooligans trashed a Ladbrokes betting parlor in the West End. I know there are about fifty of them but what if I am RIGHT THERE when I get a hunch? What then? Oh, the humanity!

b/c you caLL it like you sEE it. honestly is always the best policy. OI is so low there is only one way to go. if we get an AU margin hike you could sEE this number grow quickly, and of course, so tOO would the spot price. it sure would be nice of ASIA to karate chop this EE raid top oFF. i am with you though, labor day 44 and then we bust out 50 by 9/11.

right in that 38-39 zone again....can AG lead a charge tonight! AU chiLL and foLLow your liTTle bro up the chart tonight. hi-ho.hi-ho. oFF 2 work you go.

...I really thought we would see the SHTF by this coming weekend. After the Middle East, now Europe (and not just the periphery but Germany and Europe's neighbor England) erupting...it seems like things are happening faster and faster. I thought for sure the Bernank would tell us QE3 was coming and some people would go flying off the handle or "no soup for you" and we would see a different set of people going all nuts for no QE3. But the Bernank and the EE are a sly enemy. They left the cup both half empty and half full.

They keep kicking the can, and eventually it goes over the cliff someplace. But they may be able to kick it longer than any of us can imagine. I've asked all the smart people I know WTF happened going into the close today. Trader Dan is the first one who seems to have a good answer. The Fed has me wondering which way was up, and I was right on with the trade the last couple of days, short when that was helpful, long this morning at the right times only to sell into 2:15. Got short then and watched things really work. And then it all blew up on me. Two days' worth of good profits gone...so, if anyone knows what the next act is, I could use the help. I'm guessing we have a drop in the morning. But I have to admit I'm just guessing now.

With so much debt in the system and Ben not being clear with his printing future there should be a collapse coming up.

The trigger- A major bank in Europe or the US possibly. Or of course the CDS story. Wonder how many CDS got a new life in the interest rates section with Ben saying he will hold( rather try holding) the rates till mid 2113.!!!!!. And who exactly did Ben save?

of that there's little doubt. Give the woman her due, she's as tenacious as many here and more competitive than most. But unlike us she's on the wrong side, and on the wrong side of history.

All phyzz stackers owe her a debt of gratitude, and oddly I find myself meaning that. She's been ruthlessly effective in an operation that has kept the price of silver stupid affordable during the very interval I've been accumulating mine.

The trading team? They must not feel nearly the same, and I can't fault them at all. Ditto Miner investors, of which I'm one. Let's just say that part of me feels no gratitude at all and really hopes she's indicted for fraud under the RICO statute, tomorrow.

Hey what ever happened to all the class action and other lawsuits against the Morgue and HSBS? Deafening silence on those.

Yeah.. I think I bought right behind you .... .12 at 95 ......... not up as much as you though quite yet! ....Very selfless of you to share a Good Thing ...I know I wouldn't have caught this one otherwise! ;)

Ugh.. ..I've read too much today and am foggy headed from all the analysis. ....From reading Hubbart and others it seems we are on the brink of taking off here ...but this near-term take off isn't going to be 'The' takeoff, true? ....Steady rise here for a few weeks mixed with some consolidation/pullbacks ....and then a pretty sizeable smackdown is in the offing late August I think and then it's To The Moon time.. ......right?. ...wrong? ............crystal ball anyone..?

Seems this is what I get from Hubbartt ...but I don't have his paid service yet and he may have changed his mind since his latest 'free' commentary was released before the downgrade. ....

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